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Thursday 28 January 2021

You're My Cup of Tea | Stamping Bella Tutorial

Hi all. Today I'm back with another Stamping Bella tutorial - A Gift set featuring Curvy Girl Loves Tea

This box is an adapted version of the book box and you can make the boxes inside any size to suit your needs. The size I made houses four packs of Biscoff - which are my favourite! 



Supplies:
Pink Card
White card
Designer papers
Scoring board and bone folder
Dies decoration (optional)
Ribbon (2 x 8" lengths)

How to:
Stamp the image onto white card, colour using your preferred medium, and cut around the outline using a precision scissors.
Set image aside to work on the box. 




For the gift box cut:
1 x piece of pink card measuring 9" x 6"
1 x 3.25" x 7.5" piece of white card
2x  3.25" x 4.5" pieces of white card. 

Score the pink card on the 9" side at 4" and 5" 
Set aside. 


Score the large piece of white card on the long side at 0.5", 1", 6.5" and 7". Flip 90 degrees and score at 0.5" and 1".
Score the smaller pieces of white card on the long side at 0.5", 1", 3.5" and 4". Flip 90 degrees and score at 0.5" and 1".


Fold all the scorelines. Cut away the outer three squares from bottom corners where the score lines intersect. Create a tab from the remaining square. Taper the edges of the tabs and outer 0.5" sections as shown. 


Repeat for all three white pieces. 


For the layering panels cut:
4 x  5 7/8" x 3 7/8" pieces of white card
2 x   5 7/8" x 7/8" pieces of white card
4 x   5.75" x 3.75" pieces of designer paper
2 x   5.75" x 0.75" pieces of designer paper

Inside box fronts:
1x   5 3/8" x 2 1/8" piece of designer paper
2x   2 3/8" x 2 1/8" pieces of designer paper


Adhere one of the 2 3/8" x 2 1/8" pieces of paper to the one of the smaller white card pieces.


Apply adhesive to the tabs and adhere them to the inside of the adjacent  section. 


Apply adhesive to the edges of the bottom section and fold up to make a box shape. 
Repeat this with the other small box and the larger box. 


Adhere the panels to the inside of the box base. 


On the outside, apply some double sided tape about half way down on the sides, as shown. 


Adhere a length of ribbon to each side (approx 8" for each piece)


When the ribbon is secured, adhere the front, back and spine panels. 


Apply glue to back of the large box and centre along the inside back of the base. 


Adhere the two smaller boxes to the inside of the front, as shown. 


Using die cuts, create a panel for the front of the box, and adhere the image using 3D foam tape/dots. 


Adhere to the box front. 


Open up and fill the large box with chocolate or cookies. Add flavoured tea bags to the smaller boxes. 


Close up and tie the ribbon to secure. 
Add the sentiment across the front to finish off. 


For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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Thursday 21 January 2021

I Love you THIS Much | Stamping Bella Tutorial

Today I'm sharing another Stamping Bella Tutorial - a Valentine Gift Set featuring the Smoochie Squidgy rubber stamp set


Supplies:
Red card
White card
Designer papers
Scoring board and bone folder
Adhesive
Dies - Scalloped circle, stitched circle, stitched tags, pennant & heart (optional)

How to:
Stamp one large and two small Smoochie Squidgy on to white card. and colour using your preferred medium. Fussy cut around the outline of each image. Set the images aside to work on the gift set. 




For the Candy Box, cut:
1x   4.5" x 8" piece of red card
1x   6.5" x 5" piece of red card
4x   4 7/8" x 1 3/8" pieces of white card
4x  4.75" x 1.25" pieces of patterned paper


Score the 4.5" x 8" piece of red card on the 8" side at 1.5" and 6.5". Flip to the 4.5" side and score at 1.5" and 3".



Cut on the 1.5" and 3" score lines up to the intersecting score line, on both ends. Taper the edges of the outside tabs and trim them down a little. 



Apply adhesive to the outer tabs and adhere to the inside of the centre tab. Repeat on the other side. to create a box shape. 



Score the 6.5" x 5" piece of card on the 6.5" side at 0.25". Take the opposite end and fold it up to the 0.25" score line, crease with a bone folder, then fold each half in half again. This will create four 1-9/16" sides and a 0.25" tab. 



Apply adhesive to the 0.25" end and adhere to the opposite end to make the sleeve for the box. 


Ensure the box fits before adding the layers. 



For the Bottle Tag, cut one piece of card measuring 2.5" x 6 7/8". Score at 0.25" and 2 3/8"


Cut out a 1.5" circle between the score lines. Fold down the 0.25" score line and crease with a bone folder. 


Cut a piece of white card measuring 2 1/8" x 4 3/8" and a selection of paper to decorate. 



For the Card, cut:
1x   4.75" x 11.5" piece of red card
1x   4.5 x 5.25" piece of white card
Selection of papers to decorate. 



Cut a selection of die cuts for the box, card and bottle tag. 

For the ends of the Candy Box, cut
2x  1 3/8" x 1 3/8" pieces of white card
2x   1.25" x 1.25" pieces of patterned paper


Decorate as desired and adhere the images to the front


Adhere a belly band around the box sleeve and adhere the layers on each end of the candy box. 





For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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